N. S. Ramanuja Tatacharya

Ramanuja Tatacharya is a renowned Sanskrit scholar from India. He received the Cavalier of Légion d'honneur^[1] which is the highest civilian honour of France. He is a researcher at the French Institute of Pondicherry.^[2] He is a former Vice Chancellor of the Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, and currently lives in Mumbai. He received the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian honour and most recently the Padma Bhushan, India’s third highest civilian honour by the Government of India in 2016 for his contribution to the field of Sanskrit literature and education.

He was born in 1928 at Navalpakkam village in the North Arcot district in Tamil Nadu to U.Ve.N.S. Krishnaswamy Tatacharya and Rajalakshmi. He is fluent in Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, and English. Prof. N. S. Ramanuja Tatacharya is very active in his Shastric pursuits. He studied under his father and Devanatha Thathachariar Swami. A Siromani (with a First Class) from the Madras University, Prof. Ramanuja Tatacharya was a full fledged ‘Naiyayika’ by the age of 16. He was the first Vice-Chancellor of Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha in Tirupati. Every scholastic journey led him to further voyages of discovery. He was a researcher at the French Institute of Pondicherry in Puducherry. As an erudite scholar in Sanskrit, Prof. Ramanuja Tatacharya has served the academic community in different capacities that include his services as the Principal in charge of Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, Tirupati and the Vice-Chancellor at the Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha.

Awards

Catussastra Praveena by the Sanskrit Sahitya Praishat, Tiruchi in 1981

Maha Mahopadhyaya by the Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetham, Tirupati in 1996

Vacahaspati Puraskar by the K. K. Birla Foundation with 1 Lac Indian Rupees in 2001

The ‘Chevalier’ degree of the Order of the Legion of Honour by the Government of France, in recognition to his outstanding contribution to Sanskrit studies, in 2012

The Viswabharati Award by the Government of Uttar Pradesh, in 2013

The Padma Bhushan, India’s third highest civilian honour by the Government of India for his outstanding contribution in the field of Sanskrit, in 2016.^[3]

Works

Original works

1. Vivriti - A Commentary on Jnapaka Sangraha (Vyakarana) pp. 225, Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati in 2002. This work was prescribed as a textbook in oriental colleges affiliated to S.V. University.
2. Balabodhini - A Commentary on the Pancalaksani Gadadhari (Nyaya) pp. 237, Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati in 1990. The copies of the first printing exshausted and reprinted.
3. Balapriya - A Commentary on the Tarkasangraha Dipika Prakasika (Nyaya) pp. 392, published in 1981 by Dr. N.Vedezhinathan, Madras.
4. Bhagavadgunaratnapeetika - A Commentary on the Gopalasahasranama, pp. 120, published . T. Devasthanams, Tirupati in 1986.
5. Bhavabodhini - A Commentary on Paklsata Gadadhari (Nyaya), published by Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati in 1988 (pp. 426). # Sabdalaksanapramanya Vimarsa, Rastriya Sanskrit Sansthan in 1995.
6. Yatarthakhyatibhushana 1994.
7. Pratyaksha Tattvacintāmaṇi Vimarsa published by RSVP in 1992.

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